The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-01-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Salt will absorb odors. Where II
yours kept?-The Household.
A few drops Of extract Of lavender
win prevent mucilage from molding or
becoming sour.-Erchange.
Cloths dipped into hot potato water
are recommended for immediate and
complete relief in the severest cases It
rheumatism C7ereiand Leader.
Many Dakota turner's this year
raised fax for fuel. a ton of flax being
considered more valuable for heating
purposes than ton Of soft coal.
-Bronzes should not be washed. but
busted and wiped off with dry cloth.
Water dulls and gradually destroys
bronze finished brie-a-brac. - Boston
Post.
The object of cultivating the soil is
to raise from it crop of plants. In
order to cultivate with economy we
must raise the largest possible quantity
with the least expense and without per-
manent injury to the soil.-Detroit Tri-
blzse.
DIR. I. II. Hoskins reminds those
whom it may concern that the milk flow
is not only diminished by bad treatment
of the cows striking with fist or
stool. or foolish yellirg-but also b.
handling by Inexperienced mixers
". y. Tribune.
AS one soTs. so will he reap. Foul
seed will usually bring fouler crops.
With clean seed it will require some
little time to get the land clean. if it is
full of foul stuff; but it can De done,
and YOU will be more than paid for your
trouble.-T. y. Terry.
-Griddle Cakes: One and hals pints
of buttermilk. one teaspoonful soda.
one or two eggs. one tablespoonful
molasses. one half teaspoonful salt. stir,
add one quart of -four. stir well and
bake on hot creased griddles: when
holes begin to appear in tops of cakes
they are ready to turn. The milk
should be quite sour.-Toledo Blade.
The farmer leads pleasant life.
IAN day long, with laugh and a
song" he drives the alien COW from his
cornfield and repairs the rail fence.
Merrily he swings the axe to and fro,
and the chips fly right and left. until.
Welding to his well-aimed blows. thu
tree falls on him and breaks a leg
Drorers' journal.
Mr.. S. H. Marsh, of Michigan. says
the mulberry is the best post timber
that can be grown in this country. and
that it is almost rot-proof, except at the
surface of the ground. As it is easily
grown, and in nearly all sections. it
should receive greater attention rs post
timber as well a. for shade and the feed
of silk-worms.
"A Soft Quilt: If coarse hen and
turkey feathers are stripped up the two
side plumes from the stem. and thrown
into bag. and the bag is rubbed hard
between the hands, or on a wash-board,
the plumes will become massed together
into delicate downy substance, much
of which can be used in lining COM
forters that will be found warm and
light. Awriter in Hdrper's Bazaar says
that such comforters are equal to eide.
down coverlets.-Bostoa Budget.
oh. yes; low prices are discour-
aging. but unless we are going to stop
farming we must keep on with the
work. We are paying a good many
million dollars every year for fertilizers
for our upland. Let Us spend few
thousand dollars in draining our rich
low land. Every ton of produce we
get from the low land. if consumed on
the farm. will enrich the upland, ard II
sold it will pay our phosphate bill. and.
perhaps. leave comfortable margin
american 4griculturist.